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From: "Network Security Tactics" <SearchSecurity@lists.techtarget.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:09:54
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Subject: Who's spying on your iPhone?

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SearchSecurity.com: Network Security Tactics
March 16, 2010
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HOW TO PREVENT iPHONE SPYING: MOBILE PHONE MANAGEMENT TIPS
Michael Cobb, Contributor

A SearchSecurity.com reader recently wrote: I am concerned with
spying on our corporate iPhones. As a policy, we don't encourage
accessing the Web, we wipe the memory, we use PINs to authenticate,
and we make sure our users never let the devices out of their sight.
Is it still possible for a third party to eavesdrop on users'
conversations, and if so, what can be done to prevent this?

Michael Cobb's response: I certainly wish that more of my clients
would take the security of their mobile devices as seriously as you
do. Without locking a phone with a passcode, anyone who gets hold of
one can access all of its email and data.
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